Secunia Security Advisory - A weakness has been reported in DC++, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
DC++ NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30812
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30812/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
DC++ 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/2463/
DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in DC++, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The weakness is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error when
handling partial file list requests and can be exploited to cause the
application to crash.
The weakness is reported in versions prior to 0.707 (Unstable).
SOLUTION:
The vendor has released version 0.707 (Unstable).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits crise.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=608612&group_id=40287
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